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Moostache

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11. This was the LAST such chance and its already too late...
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:16 AM
Mar 2016

The warnings have been out for DECADES...they have been ignored and marginalized and "poh-pooh'd" by the political and media classes because they never fully understood the threats.

Methane leaks from the permafrost was the last straw and we have crossed that rubicon a while back.

We are now passengers on the Titanic and there are NO lifeboats this time, the rich and "1st class" fuckers are going down with the rest of us and it won't be a glide path down, more like freefall.

The projections that were "end of the century" type statements - which gave everyone a fake sense of security for their OWN lifetimes - will soon be revised to "end of the next decade" and that is based on the MATH we are seeing now from the '14 / '15 / '16 data.

16 C rise in the Arctic? My blood literally went cold when I saw that. It is game over for humanity folks, the only question left is how long the extinction takes and whether we are 3 or 4 generations away from the end. My bet is on much faster than anyone has previously said because these numbers are horrifyingly bad.

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Rec Newkularblue Mar 2016 #1
Perhaps all these idiots miscalculated... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #2
To miscalculate implies an ability to calculate, which isn't there. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #3
It is shocking to me that Bernie isn't CRUSHING Hillary with this hanging over our heads. stillwaiting Mar 2016 #4
Behold the wonders of corporate media. forest444 Mar 2016 #5
Bernie ties it all together but I believe it will take a cataclysmic event before the masses and Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #6
This was the LAST such chance and its already too late... Moostache Mar 2016 #11
^^That^^ NickB79 Mar 2016 #21
How much is it talked about on TV? In the debates? pengu Mar 2016 #7
Obama beat him to it. He is copying Obama on this so Hillary is already there. Jitter65 Mar 2016 #12
I could not agree more. chervilant Mar 2016 #17
Ever feel like a Lemming? You know, the little rat things that have been known to Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #8
Sting and The Police called it back in the '80s tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #16
and the world fiddles while it burns around us all. Javaman Mar 2016 #9
I'm waiting to see how the arctic sea ice extent and PIOMAS levels manifest, CRH Mar 2016 #10
Anyone remember this? "US Navy predicts summer ice free Arctic by 2016 " NickB79 Mar 2016 #22
This may just be proof... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #13
some humans will survive, but there will be a die off almost certainly Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #15
And which candidate is it again, that takes climate change as an urgent issue? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #14
Yeah, gee, who would that be? tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #18
Some of us keep telling them RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #19
There is a noticeable absence of nay-sayers and minimizers on this thread. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #20
I knew this was happening years ago Hydra Mar 2016 #23
Southeast Asian skies were full of smoke for months.. DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #24
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